By Samuel Speciale. The College Foundation of West Virginia will soon expand a text message-based assistance program that promotes college access and student support by offering the service to high school seniors and adult learners across the state. More...

By Laura Devaney. Report ranks states based on colleges’ performance in helping students transfer to four-year universities and earn bachelor’s degrees. More...

By Nico Savidge. Borrowers paying back their student loans would get a bigger break on their taxes and more students at Wisconsin’s technical colleges could receive need-based aid under bills Gov. Scott Walker unveiled that are aimed at making higher education in the state more affordable. More...

By Mary Mogan Edwards. Colleges and universities will have a richer 2016, thanks to the omnibus spending bill Congress passed in December. Along with more Pell grant money for the neediest students, the law increases funding for research in health, energy and agriculture. More...

By Laura Devaney. Higher education spent a few brief moments in the spotlight during President Obama’s final State of the Union address on Jan. 12. Access to affordable higher education was at the forefront of his comments. More...

The federal government should hold colleges and universities accountable for whether their former students are able to successfully repay their loans, said a report released Wednesday by the Institute for Higher Education Policy. Read more...

It's time for competitive college admissions to undergo significant changes, according to a report, “Turning the Tide,” issued Wednesday by the Making Caring Common program at Harvard University's Graduate School of Education. Read more...

Nationwide, just 14 percent of students who first enroll at a community college transfer and eventually earn a four-year degree within a six-year period, according to a new report from the Community College Research Center at Columbia University's Teachers College, the Aspen Institute College Excellence Fund and the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Read more...

The Warrior-Scholar Program hosts academic boot camps for veterans of the U.S. military to help them make the transition to college. Read more...

State funding for public higher education has increased in the five years since the recession. However, those increases are not keeping pace with inflation. Just two states -- Utah and Massachusetts -- have had operating-fund support for public higher education that matched or surpassed the rate of inflation in each of those five years, according to a new report from the University of Alabama's Education Policy Center. Read more...